Analysis of metagenome-assembled viral genomes from the human gut reveals diverse putative CrAss-like phages with unique genomic features

Here, the authors analyze 4907 Circular Metagenome Assembled Genomes from human microbiomes and identify and characterize nearly 600 diverse genomes of crAss-like phages, finding two putative families with unusual genomic features, including high density of self-splicing introns and inteins.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Natalya Yutin, Sean Benler, Sergei A. Shmakov, Yuri I. Wolf, Igor Tolstoy, Mike Rayko, Dmitry Antipov, Pavel A. Pevzner, Eugene V. Koonin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21350-w